I was so impressed with the book
The House of the Spirits, I had to know more about the author, Isabel Allende. As a novelist and memoirist,
Isabel Allende
writes of passionate lives, including her own. Born into a Chilean
family with political ties, she went into exile in the United States in
the 1970s -- an event that, she believes, created her as a writer. Her
voice blends sweeping narrative with touches of magical realism;
her stories are romantic, in the very best sense of the word. Her novels include
The House of the Spirits, Eva Luna and
The Stories of Eva Luna, and her latest,
Ines of My Soul and
La Suma de los Dias (The Sum of Our Days). And don't forget her adventure trilogy for young readers --
City of the Beasts, Kingdom of the Golden Dragon and
Forest of the Pygmies.
As a memoirist, she has written about her vision of her lost Chile, in
My Invented Country, and movingly tells the story of her life to her own daughter, in
Paula. Her book
Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses memorably
linked two sections of the bookstore that don't see much crossover:
Erotica and Cookbooks. Just as vital is her community work:
The Isabel Allende Foundation
works with nonprofits in the SF Bay Area and Chile to empower and
protect women and girls -- understanding that empowering women is the
only true route to social and economic justice. (taken from an article on TED.)
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